Department Initiatives—Personnel
Training FWPD continued to focus on providing various training classes in 2016. FWPD placed an emphasis on leadership development in addition to partnerships with the community. The following training classes were provided in 2016. Career Mentor Program FWPD developed a Career Mentor list and provided it to all officers containing mentor contact information for each unit within the department. This tool guides employees in obtaining information about units in which they may have interest and wish to experience. Two-Tier Leadership Training The Department is implementing a two-tier professional development model, which will provide newly promoted and tenured supervisors of all ranks with the prerequisite knowledge and skills required to perform their duties. This training includes mentoring training, conflict prevention and resolution skills, emotional intelligence, basic budget training, and tenets of succession planning. Other Classes FWPD offered many other classes in 2016 including Procedural Justice I, Emergency Management, Ethics, Harassment in the Workplace, Becoming an Agile Leader for SGTS, Reset the Clock- Liability Course through ILEAH, Beyond the Cones—Driving Liability Course, Finding the Leader in You, Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, Financial Planning for Law Enforcement, and several FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA) and Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) courses.
Women of Law Enforcement In September, FWPD hosted the 2016 Women of Law Enforcement Conference. The 230 attendees included women from all over the country. The three day training conference provided an opportunity to learn from top women leaders in law enforcement.
Emergency Management Class
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